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Venue DI "overdriving"??

I purchased a Venue DI from eBay a couple months ago and have had some consistent problem with levels. For a while I didn't know if it was something I was doing or maybe settings on my mixer. But I recently used the DI through someone else's PA and it did the same thing.

So, I have the gain set somewhere between 1 and 2. And I can see on the DI itself that the signal is registering with only one green light, so the level there is fine. And the gain on the mixer is only halfway or so. Yet at least 4 or 5 times at every single gig the mixer will cut out because the level keeps spiking. Like I said, I wasn't sure for the longest time if it was something I was doing. But I recently played through someone else's gear and it quickly got to the point that I had to unplug it because it was overdriving the channel. The boost was not on so it wasn't that. I really love the DI and don't want to get rid of it so I guess I need to know what my options are.

I used it last night and no problems. Maybe it's something I'm doing. I will say that the problem usually happens when I'm at pretty high volume overall. So I'll fiddle with it this week in the garage and see if I can figure it out. Thanks.